As to these things we are aid must be. in a financial and political sense. indifferent. It is only when the prodnets of the labor of these workmen reach American workers and we are about to exchange the products of cur labor for theirs that any real interest is awakened in these people. for it is then that the manufacturer begins to call pon the Government to protect hir. it is then that he demands that he shall be surrounded by tire law and safely guarded. ut agaiostwhat? Notagainstthe"pauper labor." fortheyarenot here. and not against tire products of their toil so long as these are not sold here. but the protection asked for is against allowing Americans to buy or exchange. i. c.. against the natural right of airy free rnars to maike his purehases where Iris taste inclines him or his judgurent or interest dictates. So that it is rot against the pauper labor of Europe or of ary other country. but it is against the right of the American people to buy where and what they please that this protection is demanded. That is. they ask protection. not against any wrerg. but against a right of their own countrymen. ard demand that one citizens privileges shall be increased by having those of another curtailed. It is clear. therefore. that it is not against ile " pauper labor of Europe." except in a very indirect and remote way. that our protection laws are aimed. for so long as ie keeps his handiwork at home or sells it on the other side of the Atlantic he excites no interest whatever on tbis side of the water. It is only when an American citizen. following his inclination or interest. starts to exchange the fruits "f his honest and laborious toil. whether it be cotton. corn. wheat. or tobacco. that the Uovernment lays its hand upon him and says. "No. for it has been solemnly decreed that certain of the citizens of this country shall be guarded and protected against the natural right of the others to dispose of the roducts of their own labor according to their own judgment..$ And in the same speechit is used for the legitimate purpose of revenue only. But against the perversion of this powerof taxation to the unholy and unhal. lowed scheme erroneously called "protection" I do complain. and shall endeavor to show its illegality and injustice. and. if I can. some of the hollow pretenses on which it is founded and has been so long maintained.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization about 'pauper labor' from Europe and its impact on American workers.